Smash Your Stash Journal Page Challenge

 Morning and as it's the last Saturday of the month it's time for the Smash Your Stash  journal page challenge which is "Cool" with Vicki from Stamped Smiles.Hope you will check out her blog too.

I found a background already painted in my junk journal and added some images and sentiment strips from Graphic 45,added some stamped ice cubes from Visible Image with added glossy accents and a bit of doodling.

Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!   

challenges----

everybody-art-ATG 

try it on Tuesday-add text

the paper shelter-anything but square

Pennys challenge-ATG

crafty catz-ATG

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-anything but square

classic design-ATG

daisy chain-no designer paper

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated.

Carol x x x

Three Little Piggies

 Morning(just lol) I had this background left from when I practised making the baubles for my Christmas cards,edged it with a promarker added a die-cut Happy Birthday from Tonic I believe(found already cut out),searched through my oddments box and found these little die-cut pigs I think from Carnation Crafts? which someone sent me a selection in a card swap early last year-so these are my "New and Unused Stash" 

 

Welcome to my new follower---Rosemarie

 

 

  Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer! 

 

challenges---

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-ATG/Blue-

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

make my Monday-Happy birthday

everybody art-ATG

try it on Tuesday-add text

the paper shelter-anything but square

lil red wagon-NBUS

addicted to stamps-dies cuts/stencils

Pennys challenge-ATG

the sisterhood of crafters-use blue

krafty chicks-all occasions

a perfect time to craft-ATG

 classic design-ATG

MAWTT-new craft item(piggies)

love to craft-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

mix it up-ATG

critter crazy-ATG

crafty animals-ATG

aud sentiments-make your own background/birthday

a place to start-ATG----------------RISING STAR

613 Avenue create-ATG

daisy chain-no d.paper

Unicorn-birthday

cutie pie-sentiment

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated.

Carol x x x

Astrantia and A Man!

 Morning and time for the mid post inspiration for Stamping Sensation ATG/Mood board challenge and we are sponsored by AALL&Create. I went with Garnet and AALL&Create stamp sets Astrantia and Textured Florals.

I used the fabulous P.paper Watercolour Painted Flowers from ScrapAndMe and stamped the Astrantia straight onto the P.paper and coloured with promarkers, added some doodling and texture stamp from Creative Expressions,found another ring can pull and a slhouette man in the pot so he went on too ,the sentiment was from the botom of a P.paper pad and after some advice from Helen it went on at a wonky angle lol.

 

 Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!  

Challenges-----

a perfect time to craft-ATG

classic design-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

the dream factory-feminine

sheepski designs-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

love to craft-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

mix it up-ATG/mixed media

triple B-birds/blooms/butterflies

we love stamping-ATG

lets craft and create-ATG/use a sentiment

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

as you like it-Fave brand of papers/ScrapAndMe(the watercolour flowers papers are gorgeous)

everybody art-ATG 

fabnfunky-stamp it------------------------TOP 3

through the purple haze-ATG 

Pennys challenge-ATG

creative fingers-ATG

crafty catz-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x

Turtle or Fish? No its a Penguin !

 Morning and we have the first challenge of 2024 at Scrapping4Fun which is Add a Turtle/Fish. Now this was another challenge I was going to miss as had nothing suitable,but during the decluttering I found these scraps of TH paper and a stamped Penguin image from goodness knows where!!! I coloured the penguin with Faber Castelle pencils,also found the die-cut which looked liked a photo frame so used that and the background was made during the lockdowns and trying new techniques shown by Tracy Evans.It was made putting ink on a stencil then using pva glue to add layers of tissues or you could use kitchen roll glued over the stencil and using a stencil brush or similar to press each layer onto the stencil then remove when dry -then leave in a box/drawer for two years until you accidently discover it again lol-also added a couple of dewdrops from stash as bubbles.

 Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!   

Challenges-----

Pennys challenge-ATG

CRAFT-new(technique)

cut it up-New (technique) 

creative fingers-ATG

alphabet-U for under something/fish under the sea

sweet stampin-New(technique)

allsorts-make your own background

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

a perfect time to craft-ATG

mix it up-ATG/mixed media

critter crazy-ATG-----DT FAVE---Thank you ANNE

crafty animals-ATG

the paper funday-ATG

Allys Angels-ATG

Day of the Month Club-Penguin Awareness Day 

classic design-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join us.

Carol x x x

Beautiful Iris

 Morning and I have two DT posts today-the second one is for Stamping Sensations.

January - Gerrina Mood Board/AG

Welcome to our first challenge of 2024!

This year we are putting a slightly different spin on how some of the months challenges are presented. We will be having several themes in the form of mood boards to reflect the flowers and birthstones of months where DT's Birthdays fall and sharing a short bio about those DT's. On other months we will carry on with generic themes.

Gerrina's Birthday is in January and here is the mood board, you can take inspiration from any element or colour within it, or of course follow the AG option.

Great prizes from AALL&Create

 
 I used red and snowdrops from the mood board and the beautiful Iris stamp set and Shattering background stamp from AALL&Create coloured with promarkers.Number strip from inside a kitchen roll and I found a red ring can pull in my bits box.Beautiful watercolour Snowdrop p.paper from ScrapAndMe.

 

 Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer! 

 

Challenges-----

crafting from the heart-ATG

the paper shelter-ATG

digi choosday-ATG

lil  red wagon-Whats new-P.paper /stamp

Pennys challenge-ATG

Simon says-something new-p.paper/stamp

krafty chicks-use stamps

CRAFT-ATG

cardz4galz-DL card with Flowers------------SPOTLIGHT WINNER

Alphabet-T for texture

sweet stampin-whats new-P.pad/stamp

Allsorts- ATG----------------------------------TOP 5

creatalicious-ATG

sheepski designs-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

a perfect time to craft-ATG

classic design-ATG

love to craft-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

mix it up-ATG

triple B-birds/blooms/butterflies 

a place to start-ATG---------------------------RISING STAR

the paper funday-ATG

crafty calendar-ATG

we love stamping-ATG/something new(p.pad) 

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x

Planes/Trains/Automobiles

 Morning and I have two DT posts today -the first one is for the Planes/Trains/Automobiles (suggested by Deanne) challenge at Dragonfly Dreams. I almost passed on this one as had nothing suitable,but whilst having a declutter I came upon this car image and no idea how long I have had it or where it came from!

I made a stepper card and used p.paper from Paper Favourites.

I'd like to welcome our GD Pauline.

 

Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!

challenges---

digi choosday-ATG

Pennys challenge-ATG

CRAFT-ATG

creative creases-fun folds

pink gem-ATG

a perfect time to craft-ATG

classic design-ATG

lets craft and create-use a sentiment

the paper funday-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x

Golden Wedding Anniversary

 Morning and we have a new ATG challenge at The Crafty Addicts.This was a Golden Wedding Anniversary card made for one of Johns old school friends and who keeps in touch-he did initially ask me to make him a card for his wife but this is the card we gave them.I made  my favourite Diamond Point card  using Spellbinders layering frames and added distress ink whilst still in the die,p.paper from I think the Paper Boutique.I made the flowers using a Joy flower die and craft mag freebie flower dies and tiny buttons for the centres.The peel off G and C are there initials.

Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!

Challenges-----

krafty chicks-all occasions

alphabet-T for texture------------------TOP 3

creative fingers-ATG

creative creases-fun folds

crafting happiness-ATG

creatalicious-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

a perfect time to craft-ATG---------------DT FAVOURITE(Thank you Sharon)

classic design-ATG

love to craft-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

mix it up-ATG/mixed media

a place to start-ATG------------------RISING STAR

incy wincy-lets celebrate-------------DT FAVOURITE

triple B-birds/blooms/butterflies 

the paper funday-ATG/lets celebrate

Double D-Birthday/Anniversary------------------WINNER

Pennys challenge-ATG

Thank you for dropping by,any comments are much appreciated and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x

New Year ATCs

 My second post today is for the new challenge at Birthstone Challenges which is Garnet and Amethyst optional New Beginnings.

I went with new beginnings making an ATC set for  New Year using Graphic 45 papers and images.

Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer! 

Challenges-----

make my Monday-New Year

ATC around the world-ATG

Simon says-party time(New Year?

Simon says-a new start

krafty chicks-all occasions

creative fingers-ATG

crafting happiness-ATG

pink gem-ATG

a perfect time to craft-ATG

classic design-ATG

Four Seasons-Winter

a place to start-ATG

Incy wincy-New/lets celebrate

creatalicious-ATG/Snowmen

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x

Sympathy Card

 Morning and a Happy New Year to you all and I have two DT card today the first one  is for the CAS challenge(chosen by me) at Pearly Sparkles and I had to make a sympathy card for  a sudden death of someone who you thought would go on forever. She lived in the next street but was one of the old school neighbours who always sat on her front step watching all the kids and telling off those who needed it right from when ours were all young and was always there when anyone needed taking to school.Still sat there in her wheelchair,she was one of those people who everyone knew!Poppies are a Memory Box die and the butterfly I found already stamped and cut out so just coloured with promarkers.I embossed lines on the white background strip using my score board.

Any challenges with digi image prizes I amjust playing for fun/and support as no printer!

Challenges-----

the paper shelter-ATG

cardz4galz-DL card with flowers

krafty chicks-all occasions

alphabet-T for texture

creative fingers-ATG

my time to craft-sympathy

crafting happiness-ATG--------------------TOP PICK

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us this month.

Carol x x x